323 Spine Surgeons to Know — 2016

George Rappard, MD (Los Angeles Minimally Invasive Spine Institute). Dr. Rappard is the director and founder of the Los Angeles Minimally Invasive Spine Institute. In 2004, Dr. Rappard devised the first community-based hospital Neurointerventional Surgery program in Los Angeles. Additionally, he was the first surgeon in Los Angeles to use a novel implant in a minimally invasive procedure to treat spinal stenosis in 2010. In 2013, he was the first surgeon in the state to perform a minimally invasive endoscopic spinal fusion procedure. He completed fellowships in neuroradiology and interventional neuroradiology/neuroendovascular surgery at the University of Texas-Southwestern in Dallas.